"When I sat down, I noticed something didn’t look right. It didn't look like a green bean," he said.

It wasn't a green bean. It was a snake head.

This seems to be a legitimate case of something odd that found its way into a can of green beans. Seneca Foods, the company that cans the beans, admits that a snake head could have found its way into the beans. Earl Hartman says:

"The company said that they have an automated sorting and sometimes things like this happen. I asked about the rest of the body and he told me that it was probably kicked out by the sorter, but they're not sure," he said.

Hartman isn't suing, which also adds to the probability that the snake head is a legitimate find.

While visiting Sedona, Arizona I once tried rattlesnake. It was okay. But I wouldn't want to find a rattlesnake head in my canned veggies. (via Art of the Prank)

Under IN THE NEWS, "My Mommy Told Me Not To..."
(I was trying to play on the song "My mommy told me not to put beans in my ears...")

Posted by ishpot on Mon Jun 18, 2007 at 11:05 PM

Maegan, if the guy is doing his own cooking he might just have dumped the green beans into a pot without looking. I do that sort of thing when I'm cooking, but I'm a lousy cook. If he just dumped the beans onto the plate he might not have noticed, but if he spooned them on, you're right he should have seen it. A few more details would be nice.